Writing Quotes

“Trust the creative process. You are a walking, breathing mass of possibilities and potential.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Turn the flame of jealousy into the fire of self-improvement.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Trust the creative process. Trust the process of your life. Remember, you are the greatest work of art yourself. Don’t hold back from life’s challenges for fear of failure or you will miss out on life, itself. You are a walking, breathing mass of possibilities and potential.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Believe in yourself and your loves. Say what you have inside you. Say it bravely, and say it with good intent. 
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― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Do your best. The effort you put in will be rewarded. Sometimes, your best will be better than at other times. Do your best, one day at a time. That's good enough. You don’t know who may get value from something you have said or done. More people than you realise can be blessed by you. We only get told a small fraction of the effect we have on other people. When we get the occasional compliment, we can take it as a reminder that there are people out there benefiting from what we are doing.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Trust your instincts. To a certain extent, disregard what others think or do. Your instincts may be quite different to other people's. ”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Remain true. Stay focused on what you personally love. Align with what you are naturally drawn to. Believe in yourself and your own loves. Give what you have inside you. Give it bravely, and give it with good intent.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“What we spend our time on will determine the course of our life. Who cares what other people think of us when we are busy living a brief life to the best of our ability? ”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Life is only long when we are unhappy.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Everyone has a purpose, and fulfilling our purpose will make us happy. Whatever our individual purpose is, it will always be to use our abilities to add something good to other people’s lives and thereby add to our own.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Healthy competition is not detrimental to our well-being and progress. It is advantageous. It highlights the skills that others have. It’s a teaching and motivating device. It helps us to see the weaker areas within ourselves that need improvement. Other people’s strengths are not disadvantageous to us. They can inspire and push us to develop those same elements within our own being. Turn the flame of jealousy into the fire of self-improvement.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“The path to healing looks a particular way for different kinds of folk. Angry people don’t suddenly become calm. They have to learn how to acknowledge and process their rage. Fearful people don’t magically become brave. They have to have an experience of being put in a situation that is so unacceptable (usually because they, or someone they love, is hurt in an unacceptable way) that they make the giant leap to courage. Sad people don’t miraculously become happy. They must understand the unconscious ways that they continuously choose unhappiness as a state of consciousness. By understanding this, they can slowly learn to rechannel their thoughts into more life-enhancing and healthy mindsets.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Writing is a long-term career. It takes a lot of time, money, perseverance, learning, and soul. Making a mark as a writer and having an influence in the world is a process that generally accelerates slowly.
1. Keep going.
2. Keep giving.
3. Remain true.
4. Trust your instincts.
5. Go with the flow.
6. Do your best.
7. Enjoy it.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“When it comes to writing fiction, I have three nonnegotiable guidelines. It must be FAIR (the Divine values everyone; no one can be existentially abandoned, which does not negate their faults and failures). It must be REAL (all characters must eventually face their issues honestly, as in life). It must be SIMPLE (if something cannot be explained simply, it is not understood well enough).”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“As we evolve, our thoughts hold more power to create what we envision. Practice holding your intentions clearly in your mind and feel that you consistently add energy to their springing into life. In this way, you can create many things that seem impractical or impossible. Ensure your creations benefit everyone involved, or you will pay a bitter price. No one must suffer from what you create. People suffer relentlessly from what they have made in their minds, but we must not contribute to that. If we intend to bless, and only bless, our creations get the entire force of the universe behind them.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“We make worlds from the thoughts we entertain. It is how we perceive and play with existence. Most people can’t tell that their reality is less objective than they think. If they could, their approach to life would be transformed into something infinitely more extensive and compassionate. The more capable we are of manifesting from energy, the more impactful our created world will be.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Material possessions radiate a certain type of energy. They are not neutral. The more material possessions you have around you, the more distracting and draining those objects can become. If the outside world dominates your thoughts with responsibilities, worries, and conflicting energies of all sorts, then your mind and spirit will not have the space to allow the creative force to flow and flower.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“When we understand the fragility of life, we live consciously. People generally live as if they have all the time in the world. They don’t. They have the time of one lifetime, however long that will be. It’s not a lot. We don’t have enough time to procrastinate and waste large chunks of our lives. It is a valuable offering when we give our attention and love to anything in life. What we spend our time on will determine the course of our life. If we know that we are here for a short time, our choices will become more meaningful and satisfying. We don’t have to be told to be brave and follow our inner leanings when we are aware of our limited time. Who cares what other people think of us when we are busy living a brief life to the best of our ability? We will want to use it every day to better ourselves and the world we live in. ”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“We spiritual beings don’t need outside chemistry to be happy and creative. We learn how to be intoxicated with the beauty of life and the love of the Divine. That is an endless source of inspiration, freshness, and intelligence.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Be careful of your peers. They are sometimes harmless, sometimes even helpful. They can also be deadly. If you intend to do well in your chosen career, be careful about spending too much time with struggling peers. No matter how sweetly it dresses, the ego cannot help but feel that one person's success is an opportunity taken away from itself in an intensely competitive market. Don’t fall prey to it, and make sure you are not one of those egos yourself. Healthy competition is not detrimental to our well-being and progress. It is advantageous. It highlights the skills that others have. It is a teaching and motivating device. It helps us to see the weaker areas within ourselves that need improvement. Other people’s strengths are not disadvantageous to us. They can inspire and push us to develop those elements within our being. Turn the flame of jealousy into the fire of self-improvement.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Trust your destiny, but don’t imagine that your destiny will destine on its own. Without you and your effort, your destiny won’t lift a finger.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Go with the flow. Don't be demanding and rigid about what life should look like. Go with the flow of life's seasons. Don’t fight them. Work with them. Work as a team with all the forces that are there to help you.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Keep giving. Don’t stop planting. Whatever grows, then great. Whatever dies, take little notice. If you plant enough, then the things that die or are stunted pale into insignificance next to everything else which has flourished. Use failures and flops as learning devices. Keep moving forwards. Keep investing yourself, your money, your time, and everything else you have to offer. Trust your own destiny, but don’t imagine that your destiny will destine on its own. Without you and your effort, your destiny won’t lift a finger.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Keep going. Be patient. No one achieves anything without dedication and determination. If you are thrown by every negative, disappointing thing that happens, you won’t get anywhere. The most successful people, in any field, have one-pointed focus. They do not get side-tracked and they do not give up.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“I would write for one person. Fortunately, more than one person benefits from my work, but one would be enough.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“The challenge of poetry is to convey meaning in very few words. We must grab onto the core of something and present it to the reader so that they can’t look away.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Write the right words; not a lot of words. For every word that you ask your readers to read, they are giving you the gift of their attention. Make it count.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“The idea of 'writing drunk' is to write bravely and without boundaries. As spiritual writers, we don’t need outside chemistry to be happy and creative. We learn how to be intoxicated with the beauty of life and the love of the Divine. That is an endless source of inspiration, freshness, and intelligence.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Write like God is your best friend but edit like a tough bitch.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice

“Creativity, in any form, is a high-level expression of Life. There should be an element of surprise in our creative expressions; both to us and others. What is created should move us with its newness and freshness. Yet, it will also seem as old as life, and just as sure.”
― Donna Goddard, Writing: A Spiritual Voice